diff --git a/lib/api/wsl.dart b/lib/api/wsl.dart
index 973ab25..26252e1 100644
--- a/lib/api/wsl.dart
+++ b/lib/api/wsl.dart
@@ -263,13 +263,15 @@ class WSLApi {
 
     // Check if folder is empty and delete
     String path = getInstancePath(distribution).path;
-    Directory dir = Directory(path);
-    if (dir.existsSync()) {
-      if (dir.listSync().isEmpty) {
-        dir.deleteSync();
+    // Wait 10 seconds in async then delete for Windows to release file
+    Future.delayed(const Duration(seconds: 10), () {
+      Directory dir = Directory(path);
+      if (dir.existsSync()) {
+        if (dir.listSync().isEmpty) {
+          dir.deleteSync(recursive: true);
+        }
       }
-    }
-
+    });
     return results.stdout;
   }
 
diff --git a/test/wsl_test.dart b/test/wsl_test.dart
index 8bec9a2..bf0e0bb 100644
--- a/test/wsl_test.dart
+++ b/test/wsl_test.dart
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ void main() {
     await WSLApi().remove('test');
     expect(await isInstance('test'), false);
 
+    // Check if folder is deleted
+    expect(await Directory('C:/WSL2-Distros/test').exists(), false);
+
     // Test without download
     // Test creating it
     await createDistro(